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| Name | Mathern |
| Alt names | Matharn | source: A Vision of Britain through Time | | Matherne | source: alternate spelling | | Merthyr Tewdrig | source: ancient name | | Poolmerick | source: hamlet in parish | | Pwllmeurig | source: Welsh translation |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 51.617°N 2.683°W |
| Located in | Monmouthshire, Wales ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Gwent, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales (1996 - ) |
| See also | Strigoil Lordship, Monmouthshire, Wales | hundred in which it was located | | Caldicot Hundred, Monmouthshire, Wales | hundred in which it was located | | Chepstow Rural, Monmouthshire, Wales | rural district in which it was located 1935-1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Mathern from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "MATHERNE, a parish in Chepstow [registration] district, Monmouth[shire]; on the South Wales railway, on the Poolmerick brook or Matherne pill, and adjacent to the river Wye at the boundary with Gloucestershire, 2 miles SSW of Chepstow [railway] station. Post town: Chepstow. Acres: 3,281; of which 430 are water. Real property: £3,592. Population: 450. Houses: 82.
- "The name Matherne is supposed to be a corruption of Merthyr-Tewdric, and to have been derived from Theodoric, a king of Glamorgan in the 6th century, reputed to have become a hermit and a martyr. The property is divided among a few. Monks Court was a residence of the Bishops of Llandaff till 1706; has a quadrangular form, with architectural features of the 15th century; and is now a farm-house. Poolmerick brook, or Matherne pill, rises near Newchurch; and runs about 7 miles south-south-eastward to the Severn, about a mile below Matherne church. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £352.* Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is ancient but good; has some early English arcades, and a tower; and contains a tablet to the martyr Theodoric. There are an endowed school with £13 a year, and charities £13."
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Mathern (Welsh: Matharn; older form: Merthyr Tewdrig) was an ancient parish in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales, about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the town of Chepstow, close to the Severn estuary, the Bristol Channel. Since 1974 it has been a community first in the county of Gwent and then, since 1996, in the reorganized unitary authority of Monmouthshire.
In the late 19th century (precise year unknown) Mathern parish merged with the neighbouring parish of St. Pierre to become the civil parish of Mathern and St. Pierrre. Until 1935 it was a civil parish in the Chepstow Rural District.
In 1935, in a move to reduce the number of parishes within Chepstow Rural District, Mathern and St. Pierrre was absorbed into a new civil parish of Mathern along with Mounton, a smaller parish to the north on the edge of Chepstow. In 1974 it became the community of Mathern. The community (which had a population of 1,056 in the UK census of 2011) is now bisected by the motorway, which passes over the road through the village, with the original village located to the south and the more recent development, known as Newton Green, to the north.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Mathern.
The ancient parish of Mathern contained the hamlet of Pwllmeurig or Poolmerick which was described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 and reproduced in A Vision of Britain through Time:
- "POOLMERICK, a village in Chepstow parish, Monmouth[shire]; on a brook of its own name, 1½ mile S W of Chepstow. It has a post-office under Chepstow. [Poolmerick] brook rises near Newchurch; and runs about 7 miles south-south-eastward to the Severn, 2 miles below the village.
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